The amount of people in this thread who are like, "How could this guy get a citation in the first place?"
I'm sitting here like: Uh... he's going to run over a four year old because you idiots think old people can't be a danger on the road.
When I was young I saw an old woman drive through a stopped school bus. The driver was honking and freaking out because this person was treating the stop sign on the bus as a literal stop sign. They stopped, waited one second, then started going.
The old lady realized something was wrong because she was being yelled at, pulled over and got out of her car.
When the bus driver saw she was an old lady he apologized and directed her to get back in her car.
90 doesn't mean you can run over kids. The rules of the road are there for a reason and if youre too old to follow them, you're too old to drive.
Every once in a wild we get some old person not knowing wtf they are doing behind the wheel and causing serious accidents.
Saw an old dude straight up drive on to the sidewalk, cops stopped him, saw how old he was and directed him back on the road.... Wtf. I'm not saying arrest him but probably detain him until a family member shows up to get him and the car cause holy shit he was driving on the sidewalk.
Yeah I mean I feel bad for this guy but it really does seem like he shouldn’t be driving, especially if he got dinged in a school zone. The story is cute until a toddler runs out in front of his car and he can’t brake fast enough.
Jumping the curb because of hitting the gas instead of the brakes is pretty common amongst the elderly. At no point do they ever seem to question whether or not they should be driving, they just either see it as their God-given right or are too confused to know either way.
Its sad that America prioritizes old people who have already lived a long life over children. Just look at how many residential buildings and communities are seniors only. And how town meetings and such are done in the middle of the day when only old people can attend. And how cars are prioritized over safety. Parking lots are prioritized over playgrounds.
Speaking as a crossing guard at a middle school, thank you. I have put myself in the path of traffic more times than I can count, and I've been very nearly run over twice already this year. Speeding, staring at their phones, yelling at the passenger -- this is what I see on a daily basis, and then I get screamed at if/when they finally stop.
Be cold about it. I'm in charge of getting 150 of someone else's kids across a busy street every day, and this judge's decision is a slap in the face to me, the 150 kids, and all their parents.
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